IEPPE Practice Questions

A.  

A process or approach provides those who disagree with the end decision a way to identify their areas of disagreement.

B.  

A process or approach provides a way to defend ethical decisions if the decisions turn out to be wrong.

C.  

A process or approach provides a technology professional with weak ethical decision-making skills with a crutch.

D.  

A process or approach provides a structure or framework that allows both analytical skills and ethical imagination to be used to the fullest.

A.  

A computer programmer brings a problem with a proposed new computer system to the attention of her managers. She blames a colleague for the problem. Her colleague is fired, but the organization goes ahead with the new system anyway. There are, however, no issues with the system.

B.  

A computer programmer brings a problem with a proposed new computer system to the attentionof her managers. Her managers dismiss her concerns and move ahead with the new system. The organization does not experience any serious operational consequences as a result of the new system.

C.  

A computer programmer brings a problem with a proposed new computer system to the attention of her managers. Her managers take note of her recommendations and implement changes to the new system.

D.  

A computer programmer brings a problem with a proposed new computer system to the attention of her managers. Her managers dismiss her concerns and move ahead with the new system. The organization experiences serious operational consequences as a result of the new system.

A.  

Statements that are conceptual.

B.  

Statements that are factual.

C.  

Statements that something is right or wrong.

D.  

Statements that are not controversial.

A.  

Conduct yourself with fairness, courtesy, and good faith towards clients, colleagues, and others.

B.  

Act with integrity towards clients or employers, maintain confidentiality, and avoid a conflict of interest, but where such conflict arises, fully disclose the circumstances without delay.

C.  

Present clearly to employers and clients the possible consequences if professional decisions or judgments are overruled or disregarded.

D.  

Promote public knowledge and appreciation of engineering and applied science technology.

A.  

Alternative G3 is just as equitable as Alternative G2 in your dealings with your client but ensures that whatever you do is done with your employer’s agreement.

B.  

Alternative G4 puts the primary emphasis with your employer for the action to be taken but also allows a fair response to be made to your client. It differs only slightly from Alternative G3, probably more in the timing of a response to the client.

C.  

Alternative G3 is less equitable than Alternative G2 in your dealings with your client but ensures that whatever you do is done with your employer’s agreement.

D.  

None of the options.

A.  

Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, the protection of the environment, and the promotion of health and safety in the workplace.

B.  

Act with integrity towards clients or employers, maintain confidentiality, and avoid conflict of interest, but where such conflict arises, fully disclose the circumstances without delay.

C.  

Present clearly to employers and clients the possible consequences if professional decisions or judgments are overruled or disregarded.

D.  

Report to the appropriate agencies any hazardous, illegal, or unethical professional decisions or practices by fellow members or others.

A.  

Alternative G2 is the most ethically acceptable. You would not be in a conflict of interest situation nor would you be betraying your company's confidential information.

B.  

Alternative G2 would keep you out of any ethical trouble both with the client and with your employer.

C.  

Alternative G2 is contractually and ethically correct especially in light of the conditions surrounding the offer.

D.  

Alternative G2 is not ethically acceptable. While you would not jeopardize proprietary information belonging to your employer, you would jeopardize your relationship with the client by turning them down. This could in turn jeopardize your client’s relationship with your employer. This would not be fair to your employer.

A.  

Alternative G1 is not ethically acceptable. You would jeopardize proprietary information belonging to your employer. You would be contracted for the provision of services in competition with your employer. You could be in a conflict of interest situation.

B.  

Alternative G1 is the most ethically acceptable. You would not jeopardize proprietary information belonging to your employer. You would not be contracted for the provision of services in competition with your employer. You would not be in a conflict of interest situation.

C.  

Alternative G1 would not be dealing with fairness, courtesy, and good faith to your client. This option would keep you out of trouble, be fair to your employer, and it cannot be done more equitably or diplomatically.

D.  

Alternative G1 is contractually and ethically correct especially in light of the conditions surrounding the offer.

A.  

Hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public, the protection of the environment, and the promotion of health and safety in the workplace.

B.  

Act with integrity towards clients or employers, maintain confidentiality, and avoid a conflict of interest, but where such conflict arises, fully disclose the circumstances without delay to the employer or client.

C.  

Undertake and accept responsibility for professional assignments only when qualified by training or experience.

D.  

Conduct yourself with fairness, courtesy, and good faith towards clients, colleagues, and others.

A.  

Limit the number of electrical cables and outlets to the bare minimum.

B.  

Distribute electrical outlets evenly around a room to avoid the clustering of electrical devices in one area of the room.

C.  

Identify all possible health and safety hazards, including electrical cables, with fluorescent tape.

D.  

Secure electrical cables to the floor and run them along walls, rather than across open spaces, whenever possible.